Smooth Operator (track)
by Sade
Smooth Operator appears on the following album(s) by Sade:
- The Best Of Sade (track #3) (compilation) (1994)
- Diamond Life (track #1) (this album) (1984)
- Lovers Live (track #3) (2002)
- The Ultimate Collection (track #2) (compilation) (2011)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/24/2026 11:45 | stanchoiaz | 1,218 | 81/100 |
| ! | 11/19/2025 04:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,577 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/19/2025 00:32 |  LukasAntoine00s | 5,272 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/26/2025 14:02 | bea | 20,249 | 78/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2025 15:26 |  Perring | 6,192 | 80/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.1/100, a mean average of 88.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.5.
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Sade's greatest ever song. An absolutely brilliant r'n'b track. A true eighties classic. Superb. (Edited)
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